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Poll-time government likely in October: Quader
05:18 PM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the poll-time government for the upcoming parliament election may be formed in October. “The size of the government will be small. But it’s completely under Prime Minister’s jurisdiction…
Drive against drug to protect youths from social degradation
04:12 PM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her firm conviction that the ongoing drive against drug would help curbing use and smuggling of drugs and protect the youths from social degradation.
48, including drug traders held in Dinajpur
02:16 PM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayLaw enforcers, in special drives arrested 48 persons including 25 drug traders and two activists of Jamaat-E-Islami from different areas of the district in last 12-hour ending at 8am on Wednesday morning...
5 killed in road accidents in two districts
11:23 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayAt least five people were killed while eight others injured in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Narsingdi on Wednesday...
Neymar limps out of Brazil training with fresh injury
10:38 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayBrazil have been given a scare ahead of Friday’s clash with Costa Rica after Neymar missed training for a second successive day...
US quits ‘biased’ UN human rights council
08:57 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayThe US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a “cesspool of political bias”...
Sufia Kamal’s 107th birth anniversary today
08:12 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayThe 107th birth anniversary of late poet Sufia Kamal is being observed across the country today...
Russia on brink of knockout stage after win over Egypt
08:03 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayWorld Cup hosts Russia virtually booked their place in the second round with a 3-1 win over Egypt on Tuesday that moved them to top of Group A with six points from two games...
Senegal beat Poland for first African win at 2018 WC
07:55 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdaySenegal recorded the first African win at the 2018 World Cup when they beat Poland 2-1 on Tuesday thanks to a deflected Thiago Cionek own goal and a terrible error by Polish ‘keeper Wojciech Szczesny...
England post new ODI record total of 481-6
07:50 AM, 20 Jun 2018 WednesdayEngland broke their own all-time record for the highest total ever scored in a men’s one-day international when they posted 481 for six Australia at Trent Bridge on Tuesday...
Japan beat 10-man Colombia 2-1 in another World Cup upset
08:09 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayJapan beat 10-man Colombia 2-1 in their opening Group H match on Tuesday, the first time an Asian team has overcome a South American one at the World Cup...
Colombia’s Sanchez gets first red card of WC
08:01 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayColombia’s Carlos Sanchez on Tuesday became the first player to be sent off at the World Cup in Russia when he was dismissed for handball in the match against Japan...
1/11 perpetrators hatching conspiracy again: Quader
07:11 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayAwami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the perpetrators of 1/11 are hatching conspiracies again over the next parliamentary elections...
Implementation of mega projects help attain 10pc growth: Kamal
06:55 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayPlanning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal on Tuesday said implementation of mega projects, including Padma Bridge, will help attain 10 percent economic growth...
EC takes massive preparation for GCC polls
06:46 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayThe Election Commission (EC) has taken massive preparation to hold the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls in a free, fair and peaceful manner...
At least 128 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia: Official
06:41 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayAt least 128 passengers were missing after a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Lake Toba on Monday evening, a search and rescue official said on Tuesday. “Many people have reported their relatives missing,” Budiawan, head of the search and rescue agency based...
Stocks witness a tedious session
05:01 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayStocks witnessed a tedious session on Tuesday as all indices on the country’s two bourses- the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)-gained marginally on the day...
Engineer Rashid gives land worth Tk 20cr to B’desh Mariners Society
04:57 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayIn 2013 Bangladesh Mariner’s Society was established as a welfare organization for Bangladeshi Mariners. On 30 June, 2018, 500 Mariners joined this organization, which is a significant matter...
Record 68.5 million people displaced worldwide: UN
02:43 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayA record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said on Tuesday. By the end of 2017, the number was nearly three million higher than the previous year and showed a 50-percent increase...
6 children killed after car plunges into pond in India
02:31 PM, 19 Jun 2018 TuesdayAt least six children were killed and one was rescued Tuesday after a car carrying them plunged...